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1912 – Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (d. 5 Jan 1994)

American politician

47th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1977-1987

U.S. Representative, D. MA, 1953-1987

Notable

1447 – Chenghua Emperor (born Zhu Jianshen) (d. 9 Dec 1487)

Emperor of the Ming Empire, 1464-1487

1508 – Gemma Frisius (d. 1555)

Dutch mathematician and cartographer

1561 – Edwin Sandys, English politician (d. 1629)

1571 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)

1579 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)

1594 – Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) (d. 6 Nov 1632)

King of Sweden, 1611-1632

1608 – John Milton (d. 8 Nov 1674)

English poet and philosopher

1610 – Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)

1652 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (d. 1723)

German physician and botanist

1667 – William Whiston (d. 22 Aug 1752)

English mathematician, historian, and theologian

1717 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann (d. 1768)

German archaeologist and historian

1721 – Peter Pelham (d. 1805)

English-American organist and composer

1728 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (d. 1804)

Italian composer

1743: Samuel Hopkins (d. 1818)

American inventor

granted the first U.S. patent, 31 Jul 1790

1745 – Maddalena Laura Sirmen (d. 1818)

Italian violinist and composer

1748 – Claude Louis Berthollet (d. 1822)

French chemist and academic

1751 – Maria Luisa of Parma (d. 2 Jan 1819)

Queen consort of Spain, 1788-1808

1752 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard (d. 1813)

French general and military engineer

1787 – John Dobson (d. 1865)

English architect

designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower

1806 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)

1813 – Thomas Andrews (d. 1885)

Irish chemist and physicist

1837 – Émile Waldteufel (d. 1915)

French pianist, composer, and conductor

1842 – Peter Kropotkin (d. 1921)

Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher

1845 – Joel Chandler Harris (d. 1908)

American journalist and author

1847 – George Grossmith, English actor and singer (d. 1912)

1848: Joel Chandler Harris (d. 3 Jul 1908)

American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist

best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories

1850 – Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)

1861 – Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)

1867 – Gregorios Xenopoulos (d. 1951)

Greek journalist and author

1868 – Fritz Haber (d. 1934)

Polish-German chemist and academic

Nobel Prize laureate

1870 – Ida S. Scudder (d. 1960)

Indian physician and missionary

1871 – Joe Kelley (d. 1943)

American baseball player and manager

1873 – George Blewett (d. 1912)

Canadian philosopher, author, and academic

1875 – Harry Miller, American race car designer (d. 1943)

1876 – Berton Churchill (d. 1940)

Canadian-American actor and singer

1876 – Pauline Whittier, American golfer (d. 1946)

1877 – Mart Kuusik, Russian-Estonian rower (d. 1964)

1882 – Joaquín Turina (d. 1949)

Spanish-French composer, educator, and critic

1883 – Nikolai Luzin (d. 1950)

Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic

1883 – Alexander Papagos (d. 1955)

Greek general and politician

152nd Prime Minister of Greece

1883 – Joseph Pilates (d. 1967)

German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates

1886 – Clarence Birdseye (d. 1956)

American businessman, founded Birds Eye

1887 – Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)

1889 – Hannes Kolehmainen (d. 1966)

Finnish-American runner

1890 – Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)

1891 – Maksim Bahdanovič (d. 1917)

Belarusian poet and critic

1895 – Dolores Ibárruri (d. 1989)

Spanish journalist and politician

1895 – Conchita Supervía (d. 1936)

Spanish soprano and actress

1897 – Hermione Gingold (d. 1987)

English-American actress and singer

1898 – Emmett Leo Kelly, American clown (d. 28 Mar 1979)

1899: Léonie Fuller Adams (d. 27 Jun 1988)

American poet

7th United States Poet Laureate, 1948-1949

1899 – Jean de Brunhoff (d. 1937)

French author and illustrator

1899: William A. Drake (d. 28 Oct 1965)

American screenwriter

1900: Joseph Needham (d. 24 Mar 1995)

British scientist, historian, and sinologist

1900 – Albert Weisbord (d. 1977)

American activist

founded the Communist League of Struggle

1901 – Carol Dempster, American actress (d. 1991)

1901 – Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)

1901 – Ödön von Horváth (d. 1938)

Hungarian-German author and playwright

1902: Richard A. Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (d. 8 Mar 1982)

British Conservative politician

Deputy Prime Minister of the U.K., 1962-1963

1902 – Margaret Hamilton (d. 1985)

American actress, singer, and educator

1904: Louis Kronenberger (d. 30 Apr 1980)

American critic and author

1904 – Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)

1905 – Dalton Trumbo (d. 1976)

American author and screenwriter

1906 – Grace Hopper (d. 1992)

American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL

1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (d. 7 May 2000)

American captain, actor, and producer

1911 – Broderick Crawford (d. 26 Apr 1986)

American actor and singer

1911 – Ryūzō Sejima (d. 2007)

Japanese colonel and businessman

1914 – Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)

1914 – Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)

1914 – Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)

1915 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (d. 2000)

1915 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (d. 2006)

German-Austrian soprano and actress

1916 – Jerome Beatty, Jr. (d. 2002)

American soldier, journalist, and author

1916 – Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch)

American actor, singer, and producer

1916: Wolfgang Hildesheimer (d. 21 Aug 1991)

German novelist, Mozart biographer, playwright, and painter

New York Times Obituary

1917 – James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)

1917 – James Rainwater (d. 1986)

American physicist and academic

Nobel Prize laureate

1918 – Joyce Redman, Irish-English actress (d. 2012)

1919 – V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1919 – William Lipscomb (d. 2011)

American chemist and academic

Nobel Prize laureate

1920 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Italian economist and politician

10th President of Italy

1920 – Bruno Ruffo (d. 2007)

Italian motorcycle racer and racing driver

1922 – Redd Foxx, American actor and singer (d. 11 Oct 1991)

1925 – Dina Merrill, American actress and businesswoman

1925 – Roy Rubin (d. 2013)

American basketball player and coach

1925 – Atıf Yılmaz (d. 2006)

Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter

1926 – Henry Way Kendall (d. 1999)

American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer

Nobel Prize laureate

1926 – Jan Křesadlo (d. 1995)

Czech-English psychologist and author

1926 – Roger McGee, American actor (d. 2013)

1926: David Nathan (d. 21 Apr 2001

British journalist Guardian obituary

1926 – Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)

1927: Benny Green (d. 22 Jun 1998)

British jazz saxophonist Independent obitury

1927 – Pierre Henry, French composer

1928 – Joan Blos, American author and educator

1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver

1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)

1929 – John Cassavetes (d. 3 Feb 1989)

American actor, director, and screenwriter

1929 – Bob Hawke

Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia

1930: Michael J. Arlen

Armenian-American writer

1930 – Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1931 – William Reynolds, American actor

1931 – Ladislav Smoljak (d. 2010)

Czech actor, director, and screenwriter

1931 – Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999)

1932 – Donald Byrd (d. 2013)

American trumpet player and academic

1932 – Billy Edd Wheeler

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright

1933 – Ashleigh Brilliant

English-American author and illustrator

1933 – Milt Campbell (d. 2012)

American decathlete and football player

1933 – Morton Downey, Jr. (d. 2001)

American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host

1933 – Monique Miller, Canadian actress

1933 – Orville Moody, American sergeant and golfer (d. 2008)

1933 – Martin Puhvel

Estonian-Canadian philologist and academic

1934 – Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench

English actress, singer, and author

1934 – Junior Wells (d. 1998)

American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces)

1936 – Ben Pon, Dutch race car driver

1937 – Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)

1938 – John Braheny, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1938 – David Houston (d. 1993)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1938 – Deacon Jones (d. 2013)

American football player, sportscaster, and actor

1938 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos (d. 2014)

Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic

1940 – Clancy Eccles (d. 2005)

Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer

1941 – Mehmet Ali Birand (d. 2013)

Turkish journalist and author

1941 – Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer

1941 – Dan Hicks

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

(The Charlatans and The Acoustic Warriors)

1941: Libby Houston

English poet, botanist, and rock climber

1941 – Kayoko Shiraishi, Japanese actress

1942 – Billy Bremner (d. 1997)

Scottish footballer and manager

1942 – Dick Butkus

American football player, sportscaster, and actor

1942 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

1942 – David Harsent, English author, poet, and academic

1942 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)

1942 – Diana Yorgova, Bulgarian long jumper

1943 – Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)

1943 – Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director

1944 – Neil Innes

English singer-songwriter and actor

(Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles)

1944 – Tadashi Irie, Japanese mobster

1944 – Ki Longfellow

American author, playwright, and producer

1944 – Bob O'Connor (d. 2006)

American politician

57th Mayor of Pittsburgh

1945 – Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor

1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor

1946 – David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone

English economist and academic

1946 – Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter

1946 – Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician

1946 – Nicholas Reade, English bishop

1947 – Tom Daschle

American soldier, academic, and politician

1947: Steven Holl

American architect and watercolorist

Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki; Nelson-Atkins

Museum of Art, Kansas City; Linked Hybrid, Beijing;

Knut Hamsun Center, Hamarøy, Norway

1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt

Estonian politician

24th Estonian Minister of Defense

1947 – Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire

1948: Gioconda Belli

Nicaraguan author, novelist and poet

1948 – Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter

1948 – Jonathan Sumption, English historian, judge, and author

1949 – Tom Kite, American golfer and architect

1949 – Nando Parrado

Uruguayan survivor of the 1972 Andes flight disaster

1950 – Joan Armatrading

Caribbean-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 – Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician

1952 – Michael Dorn, American actor and director

1953 – Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator

1953 – World B. Free, American basketball player

1953 – John Malkovich, American actor and producer

1954 – Phil Bryant

American academic and politician

63rd Governor of Mississippi, R, 2012-present

1954: Mary Fallin

American politician

27th Governor of Oklahoma, R, 2011-present

U.S. Representative, R. OK, 2007-2011

1954 – Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian and actor

1954 – Jean-Claude Juncker

Luxembourger lawyer and politician

Prime Minister of Luxembourg

1954 – Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager

1955 – Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host

1955 – Takeshi Masu, Japanese actor

1955 – Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter

1956 – Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author

1957 – Peter O'Mara

Australian guitarist and composer (Passport)

1957 – Donny Osmond

American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

(The Osmonds)

1957 – Steve Taylor

American singer-songwriter and producer (Chagall Guevara)

1958 – Rikk Agnew

American guitarist

(The Adolescents, D.I., Social Distortion, and Christian Death)

1958 – Raja Gosnell, American director and editor

1958 – Nick Seymour

Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer

(Crowded House, Deadstar, and Tarmac Adam)

1959 – Susan Bullock, English soprano

1959: Mario Cantone

American comedian, writer and actor

1959 – John Martin Scripps, English murderer (d. 1996)

1960 – Stefen Fangmeier

American visual effects designer and director

1960 – Caroline Lucas, English politician

1960 – Terry Moran, American journalist

1960 – Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician

1960 – Juan Samuel

Dominican-American baseball player and manager

1961 – David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter

1961 – Joe Lando, American actor

1962 – Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer

1963 – Masako, Crown Princess of Japan

1963 – Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer

1964 – Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer

1964 – Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster

1964 – Paul Landers

German guitarist (Rammstein, Feeling B, and First Arsch)

1964 – Larry Emdur, Australian television personality

1965 – Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach

1966 – Michael Foster, American drummer (FireHouse)

1966 – Kirsten Gillibrand

American lawyer and politician

U.S. Senator, D. NY, 2009-present

1966 – Dave Harold, English snooker player

1966 – Toby Huss, American actor and screenwriter

1966 – Dana Murzyn, Canadian ice hockey player

1966 – Spencer Rochfort, American-Canadian actor

1966 – Julio Rodas, Guatemalan footballer

1966 – Mateo Romero, American painter

1966 – Gideon Sa'ar

Israeli lawyer and politician

24th Minister of Internal Affairs

1966 – Kadyrbek Sarbayev, Kyrgyzstani politician

1966 – Shane Scott

American director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter

1966 – Martin Taylor, English footballer

1967 – Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor

1967 – Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager

1967 – Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer

1968 – Kurt Angle, American wrestler and actor

1968 – Brian Bell

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

(Weezer, Space Twins, and The Relationship)

1968 – Brent Price, American basketball player

1969 – Jakob Dylan

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wallflowers)

1969 – Saskia Garel

Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

(Love and Sas)

1969 – Lori Greiner

American entrepreneur and television personality (Shark Tank)

1969 – Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer

1969 – Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic

1969 – Allison Smith, American actress and singer

1969 – Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor

1970 – Kara DioGuardi

American singer-songwriter and producer (Platinum Weird)

1970 – Lance Krall

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Geoff Barrow

English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer

(Portishead, Beak, and Quakers)

1971 – Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach

1971 – Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player

1971 – Srirasmi Suwadee, Thai wife of Vajiralongkorn

1972 – Reiko Aylesworth, American actress

1972 – Annalise Braakensiek

Australian model, actress, and TV presenter

1972 – Michael Corcoran

American singer-songwriter and producer

1972 – Fabrice Santoro

Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster

1972 – Frank Edwin Wright III (bka Tré Cool)

German-American drummer, songwriter, and actor

(Green Day, The Lookouts, Foxboro Hot Tubs,

and The Network)

1973 – Fabio Artico, Italian footballer

1973 – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer

1973 – Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner

1973 – Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano

1974 – Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer

1974 – Wendy Dillinger

American soccer player, coach, and manager

1974 – Germaine Williams (bka Canibus)

Jamaican-American rapper and actor (The Hrsmn)

1975: Aaron Huey

American photojournalist and documentary photographer

1976 – Bae Soo-bin, South Korean actor

1976 – Chris Booker, American baseball player

1976: Kevin Daniels

American actor

1976: Kesha Rogers

American political activist

1977 – Shayne Graham, American football player

1977 – Imogen Heap

English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

(Frou Frou and Urban Species)

1978 – Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player

1978 – Jesse Metcalfe, American actor

1979 – Chen Hao, Chinese actress and singer

1979 – Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter (D&D)

1979 – Stephen McPhail, English-Irish footballer

1979 – Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier

1980 – Simon Helberg, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1980 – Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist

1980: Matthew Rees

Welsh rugby union player

1981: Sean Durkin

American film director, screenwriter and producer

1981 – Mardy Fish, American tennis player

1981 – Dia Mirza, Indian model, actress, and producer

1982 – Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist

1982 – Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner

1982 – Ryan Grant, American football player

1982 – Bastian Swillims, German sprinter

1982 – Meryll Soriano, Filipino actress

1983 – Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer

1983 – Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player

1983 – Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer

1983: Jolene Purdy

American movie and television actress

1984 – Michael Adam, German politician

1984 – Ángel Guirado, Spanish–Filipino footballer

1984 – Leon Hall, American football player

1985 – Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer

1986 – Wanda Nara, Argentinian model

1987 – Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer

1987 – Mat Latos, American baseball player

1987 – Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player

1987: Joshua Sasse

British television producer and film actor

1988 – Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer

1989 – Elle Evans, American model and actress

1990 – LaFee, German singer-songwriter

1990 – Daundre Barnaby, Jamaican-Canadian runner (d. 2015)

1991 – Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

1991 – Choi Minho

South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Shinee)

1993 – Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder

1993 – Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist

1995 – McKayla Maroney, American gymnast

1996 – Mykayla Skinner, American gymnast

2000 – Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

2002 – Timothy Chan, Filipino-Chinese actor

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